2016 WPIAL Football Playoff Picture – 10/29

The 2016 WPIAL football playoff field is now set…well, almost. Five classifications are ready to go for the brackets on Monday night, with only one team still to be determined in Class 1-A. While all of these playoff teams will share the spotlight leading up to Friday. November 4th and kickoff of the opening round, there will be a lot of discussion prior to Monday of one team that did not make the field of 64. Beaver came into the final Friday of the regular season ranked #1 in Class 3-A and after all the kings horses and all the kings men figured out the tiebreakers in the Beaver Valley Conference, they could not put the Bobcats and the district playoff together again. Here is the latest WPIAL Playoff Picture heading into Saturday, October 29th.

A quick tutorial:
Top FOUR teams in each of the two conferences make playoffs in 6-A, 5-A and 4-A.
Top TWO teams in each of three conferences in Class 3-A plus TWO third place wild card teams. One second place team will join the conference champs in hosting a Quarterfinals playoff game.
Top FIVE teams in each of the three conference in Class 2-A and Class 1-A plus ONE sixth place wild card team. TWO third place teams will join the top two in each conference in hosting a First Round playoff game.

MSA Sports exclusive coverage of the 2016 Highway to Heinz AND The Road to RMU will begin on Halloween night, October 31st with the WPIAL Football Playoff Pairings Show at 7:00pm.

Only conference records are shown.

WPIAL CLASS 6-A Northern Seven Conference:

* Pittsburgh Central Catholic Vikings (6-0) clinched the outright conference championship.

* North Allegheny Tigers (5-1) finished in second place.

* Pine-Richland Rams (4-2) finished in third place.

* Seneca Valley Raiders (3-3) finished in fourth place.

WPIAL CLASS 6-A Southeastern Conference:

* Mount Lebanon Blue Devils (5-1) clinch a share of the conference championship and are the first place team in the conference based on head-to-head win over Bethel Park.

* Bethel Park Black Hawks (5-1) clinch a share of the conference championship and are the second place team in the conference.

* Hempfield Spartans (4-2) finished in third place.

* Norwin Knights (3-3) finished in fourth place.

WPIAL CLASS 5-A Allegheny Nine Conference:

* West Allegheny Indians (8-0) clinched the outright conference championship.

* Woodland Hills Wolverines (7-1) finished in second place.

* Upper St. Clair Panthers (6-2) finished in third place.

* North Hills Indians (5-3) finished in fourth place.

WPIAL CLASS 5-A Big East Conference:

* Armstrong River Hawks (7-1) clinched the outright conference championship.

* McKeesport Tigers (6-2) finished in second place based on head-to-head victory over Franklin Regional.

* Franklin Regional Panthers (6-2) finished in third place.

* Gateway Gators (5-3) finished in fourth place based on head-to-head victory over Penn-Trafford.

WPIAL CLASS 4-A Big Nine Conference:

* Thomas Jefferson Jaguars (8-0) clinched the outright conference championship.

* West Mifflin Titans (6-2) finished in second place based on WPIAL tiebreaker points after head-to-head and Gardner Points were tied. West Mifflin finished +47, Belle Vernon +36 and Ringgold +33.

* Belle Vernon Leopards (6-2) finished in third place based head-to-head win over Ringgold.

* Ringgold Rams (6-2) finished in fourth place

WPIAL CLASS 4-A Northwest Nine Conference:

* South Fayette Lions (8-0) clinched the outright conference championship.

* Mars Fighting Planets (7-1) finished in second place.

* New Castle Red Hurricane (6-2) finished in third place.

* Montour Spartans (4-4) finished in fourth place based on head-to-head tiebreaker with Blackhawk.

WPIAL CLASS 3-A Beaver Valley Conference:

* Aliquippa Quips (5-1) clinched a share of the conference championship and first place in the conference based on head-to-head victory over Beaver Falls.

* Beaver Falls Tigers (5-1) finished in second place.

* Central Valley Warriors (4-2) finished in third place based on head-to-head tiebreaker with Beaver.

WPIAL CLASS 3-A Allegheny Conference:

* Keystone Oaks Golden Eagles (7-0) have clinched the conference championship outright.

* Apollo-Ridge Vikings (5-2) finished in second place based on head-to-head victory over Valley.

* Valley Vikings (5-2) finished in third place.

WPIAL CLASS 3-A Interstate Conference:

* Derry Trojans (7-0) have clinched the outright conference championship.

* Mount Pleasant Vikings (5-2) finished in second place based on head-to-head victory over South Park.

* South Park Eagles (5-2) finished in third place.

WPIAL CLASS 3-A Wild Card and Third Place:

Central Valley wins the first wild card based on Gardner Points: Central Valley 140, South Park 110, Valley 110.
South Park wins second wild card based on WPIAL tiebreaker points: South Park +26 and Valley +18.
Beaver Falls is the second place team that will host a playoff game based on record: BF 6-1 with crossover victory, Apollo-Ridge 5-2 and Mount Pleasant 5-2

WPIAL CLASS 2-A Three Rivers Conference:

* Steel Valley Ironmen (7-0) have clinched the outright conference championship.

* East Allegheny Wildcats (6-1) finished in second place

* Brentwood Spartans (5-2) finished in third place.

* Avonworth Antelopes (3-3) finished in fourth place based on head-to-head victory over Serra Catholic

* Serra Catholic Eagles (3-4) finished in fifth place.

WPIAL CLASS 2-A Midwestern Athletic Conference:

* Neshannock Lancers (7-0) have clinched the outright conference championship.

* Riverside Panthers (6-1) finished in second place.

* Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic Trojans (4-3) finished in third place based on head-to-head victory over Laurel.

* Laurel Spartans (4-3) finished in fourth place

* Freedom Bulldogs (3-4) finished in fifth [place based on head-to-head victory over South Side

* South Side Rams (3-4) finished in sixth place.

WPIAL CLASS 2-A Century Conference:

* Washington Little Prexies (7-0) have clinched the outright conference championship.

* Chartiers-Houston Buccaneers (6-1) finished in second place.

* Burgettstown Blue Devils (4-3) finished in third place based on head-to-head victory over Frazier.

* Frazier Commodores (4-3) finished in fourth place.

* Beth-Center Bulldogs (3-4) finished in fifth place.

WPIAL CLASS 2-A Wild Card and Third Place:

South Side wins the Wild Card based on 3-4 record compared to the other sixth place finishers: Carlynton 2-5 and Bentworth 2-5
Two third place teams host First Round playoff games: Brentwood is one based on record (5-2): Burgettstown (4-3) and Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic (4-3).
Burgettstown is the other based on Gardner Points: Burgettstown (90), Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic (80)

WPIAL CLASS 1-A Big 7 Conference:

* Rochester Rams (7-0) have clinched at least a share of the conference championship AND first place in the conference and can win the conference title outright with a win at Western Beaver on Saturday.

* Northgate Flames (7-1) finished in second place even if they are co-champions.

* Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Chargers (6-2) finished in third place.

* Sto-Rox Vikings (5-3) finished in fourth place.

* Shenango Wildcats (4-4) finished in fifth place.

WPIAL CLASS 1-A Tri-County South Conference:

* Carmichaels Mighty Mikes (7-0) have clinched the outright conference championship.

* Fort Cherry Rangers (6-1) finished in second place.

* California Trojans (5-2) finished in third place.

* Mapletown Maples (4-3) finished in fourth place.

* Avella Eagles (2-5) finished in fifth place based on head-to-head victory with West Greene.

WPIAL CLASS 1-A Eastern Conference:

* Clairton Bears (7-0) have clinched the outright conference championship.

* Jeannette Jayhawks (6-1) finished in second place.

* Bishop Canevin Crusaders (5-2) finished in third place.

* Imani Christian Saints (3-4) finished in fourth place based on head-to-head victory over Springdale.

* Springdale Dynamos (3-4) finished in fifth place.

WPIAL CLASS 1-A Wild Card and Third Place:

The 1-A Wild Card will be decided on Saturday. If Western Beaver (2-5) beats Rochester, they will finish sixth in the Big 7 Conference and will have more Gardner Points (90) than both Riverview (50) and West Greene (20). If Western Beaver loses, then Union would finish in sixth place, but they have not shot of a wild card based on their record (2-6). With cross-over victories for both (Riverview over Avella and West Greene over Leechburg), Riverview and West Greene are 3-5 and Riverview would clinch based on Gardner Points above.
Two third place team host First Round playoff games: Our Lady of the Sacred Heart is 6-2, Bishop Canevin with cross-over win over Carmichaels is 6-2 and Caslifornia with cross-over loss to Imani Christian is 5-3, so Bishop Canevin and OLSH will host playoff games.